U23 World League

Battle of death
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) Sarracino Lastras made an important save on a dangerous shot by Diómedes Rodriguez in the 4th minute. Aquiles Vidal's late challenge caught a ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aquiles Vidal helped the player get up and apologised. Aquiles Vidal hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO defense, Diómedes Rodriguez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sarracino Lastras. The ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sarracino Lastras should have stopped the shot. Diómedes Rodriguez who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 9thth minute tested the skills of Sarracino Lastras when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 14th minute, Baltazar Fonticoba ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sergio Gutierrez was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO's Sarracino Lastras proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO from getting a goal against them. Sarracino Lastras came out of the goal in the 19th minute to try and stop a shot by ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s José Ramos. But to his dismay, José Ramos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Sergio Gutierrez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Baudilio Andres in the 22nd minute of the match. Lalla Diaz made in the 24th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Baltazar Fonticoba however managed to control. Baltazar Fonticoba sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Diómedes Rodriguez got free with Sarracino Lastras in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If José Ramos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO's Sarracino Lastras proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO from getting a goal against them. Sarracino Lastras made an important save on a dangerous shot by Diómedes Rodriguez in the 34th minute. After 35 played minutes ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO got a freekick which was hit by Aquiles Vidal. Sergio Gutierrez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Baudilio Andres, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Sarracino Lastras showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Ramos, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. 41 minutes into the game, 麦鹰义 was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ the free kick. After a rather tough play, ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO's 麦鹰义 got a free kick in the 42nd minute. After 47 played minutes ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ got a freekick which was hit by Daniil Valakopoulos. In the 48th minute, Baltazar Fonticoba ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sergio Gutierrez was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Diómedes Rodriguez stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Baudilio Andres in the 56th minute of play forced ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalkeeper Sergio Gutierrez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sarracino Lastras made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diómedes Rodriguez in the 62nd minute of play. If Baudilio Andres had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Alejandro Muñoz got a throw-in 65 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Lambis Kostopoulos. When 麦鹰义 was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 65 minutes had been played. In the 66th match minute, ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 麦鹰义 to maneuver through the defense. In the 67th minute of the match José Ramos shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Sarracino Lastras showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Sarracino Lastras showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guillermo Escalona, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. A collision led to ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Lambis Kostopoulos hit a great ball. ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO's Rey Northe was substituted for Baudilio Andres. A collision led to ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Lambis Kostopoulos hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rey Northe in the 77th minute of play forced ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalkeeper Sergio Gutierrez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s José Ramos in the 81st minute got a chance for a shot 81st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO's goalie prevented a goal. Sarracino Lastras took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from José Ramos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rey Northe in the 84th minute of play forced ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalkeeper Sergio Gutierrez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86th minute Rey Northe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergio Gutierrez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sarracino Lastras took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Guillermo Escalona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO's Ildefonso Ucero was substituted for Baltazar Fonticoba. In the 90th minute ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ were awarded a corner. José Ramos went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that José Ramos got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Sarracino Lastras quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The supporters of ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ booed when ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Greger Rosén didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the match clock showed 93 minutes, the score became 2-3 when Rey Northe sped through ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Sergio Gutierrez. ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO's Cao Chuan Jian got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched ClUb DePoRtIvO LUGO eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.